GEAR UP North Carolina Kick-Off Meeting
August 13-15, 2012
UNC Center for School Leadership Development, Chapel Hill, NC
Click here to download the event information sheet.
Thank you to our partner school districts and target schools' participants for making our 2012 Kick-Off Meeting a huge success! See below and in the Resource Library for additional meeting materials.
Additional Meeting Materials
District Self-Reported Highlights & How GEAR UP Can Help
Tools for Your GEAR UP Tookbox
Meeting Materials (in notebook)
GEAR UP Info
State Office Contact Info with Staff
GEAR UP NC Target Schools 2012-19
Upcoming Programming
Guide to Programming & Outreach - Fall 2012
Family Letter - Fall 2012 with Spanish Translation
2012 GEAR UP for College Week Info Sheet
NCCU BRITE Futures GEAR UP Day Interest Sheet
SAS© Curriculum Pathways© Professional Development Interest Sheet
Latino Postsecondary Success Summit Overview (for Alamance-Burlington and Rockingham)
Database Management
District Work Group Time
College Access Framework Worksheet
GEAR UP NC Proposed Budget 2012-13
What Now?
Survey and Comments - Kick-Off Meeting
For the GEAR UP NC Implementation Guide document and resources, click here.
Meeting Location: UNC Center for School Leadership Development (CSLD)
140 Friday Center Drive Chapel Hill, NC 27517 (Located directly behind the Friday Center)
Schedule:
August 13th Registration @ CSLD 3:30pm-5:00pm
Welcome & Dinner 5:00pm-7:30pm
August 14th Registration & Continental Breakfast 8:00am-8:30am
Meeting 8:30am-7:00pm (Lunch & Dinner Included)
August 15th Registration & Continental Breakfast 8:00am-8:30am
Meeting 8:30am-2:30pm (Lunch Included)
Parking: Parking is available directly in front of CSLD. Please note that there will be signs reserving the top parking lot for guests. Please park in this top parking lot, as you are considered guest for the day.
Hotel Accommodations
7801 Leonardo Drive
Check In: 3:00pm
Check Out: 12:00pm
(Please check out prior to leaving for CSLD on Wednesday)
Parking: Parking is available for no cost at the hotel.
Directions:
From North: Take Downtown Expressway/Interstate 95 South/Virginia 195 East and merge onto I-95 South towards Petersburg. Merge onto Interstate 85 South via Exit 51/W Durham. Proceed to Durham and take US 15-501 S toward Chapel Hill. Turn left onto Interstate 40 East to Exit 274 Jordan Lake. Turn right onto NC751; then left onto Renaissance Parkway, then left onto Leonardo Drive and continue to the hotel.
From West: Take Interstate 40 East towards Burlington/Durham and exit NC751/exit 274. Proceed towards Jordan Lake and turn right onto NC751. Turn left on Renaissance Parkway and turn left onto Leonardo Drive. Proceed to the hotel.
From South: Take Interstate 277 North/W Brookshire Freeway/NC16 and merge left on the 77N/US21 ramp. Take Exit 5A toward Interstate 83 Statesville and merge onto Interstate 85 North. Take Exit 13A towards Greensboro. Take Interstate 40 East to Exit 274. Turn right onto NC751; then left onto Renaissance Parkway; and left on Leonardo Drive. Proceed to the hotel.